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New digital technologies are changing the museum world: mobile apps, QR codes, beacons, 3-D printers, tablets.

If you've never stood at Baldur's Gate, never dodged gray ooze or stared a Denzelian in the eye, you may be missing out. This hour we're talking to the…

Giovanna d'Arco (Joan of Arc) might not be the first heroine to spring to mind from among the dramatis personæ of Giuseppi Verdi's operas. But it was…

A former Ohio state lawmaker who authorities say took trips and cash in exchange for taking steps to introduce legislation has reported to jail to serve…

Comprador’s third album Important is a surreal adventure that balances original music with both subtle and overt musical homages. The subject matter of...

Rising tensions with Iraq and deteriorating relations with the United States helped send oil prices skyward. Washington, D.C., sent envoys on a surprise visit to Ankara to urge restraint, as Turkey threatens to attack Kurdish separatists in Northern Iraq.

In softcover nonfiction, Rosecrans Baldwin opines about France, Carissa Phelps goes from juvy to J.D., and Bill Wasik and Monica Murphy chart the history of rabies. In fiction, Shani Boianjiu draws from her time as an Israeli soldier, and Sheila Heti crafts a novel from her own life experiences.

Julia Alvarez's story of a promise kept, Alice Kaplan's account of three American women in Paris, Bart D. Ehrman's inquiry into the identity of Jesus, and Andrew Nagorski's survey of Americans who witnessed Hitler's ascent arrive in paperback.

In softcover nonfiction, Michael Hainey searches for clues about his father's death, anthropologist Napoleon Chagnon examines the heated response to his research and catcher Mike Piazza recounts his unlikely rise to the big leagues. In softcover fiction, D.A. Mishani tells of a detective who confronts an unexpectedly difficult case.

Director Alfonso Gomez-Rejon's film Me and Earl and the Dying Girl won the audience award and the grand jury prize at Sundance. He talks about how losing his dad shaped his approach to the film.